Facebook Revised Meta’s VR / AR division Reality Labs has announced a new “graduation” from the Oculus brand.
In the official blog, going back to the company name change, the change from “Facebook”, which is only one service among many businesses, to the new company name “Meta”, which indicates that the entire company will work on the Metaverse, will realize the vision of Meta. It is explained that the “Meta Quest” has been changed to make it easier to understand that it is a product for the purpose, and therefore the “Oculus” brand has been discontinued.
As for the content, as CEO Zuckerberg said in the keynote speech at the event Connect 2021 last fall.
The Oculus brand disappears. VR headset to “Meta Quest”
Specifically, headset branding has changed from the previous “Oculus Quest from Facebook” to “Meta Quest.” “Oculus app” to “Meta Quest” app. The outer box printing of Quest 2 for sale will also change, and the social account will also be changed from Oculus to Meta Quest.
Of these, the notation on the web was quickly changed to just Quest 2 or Meta Quest 2, but the product package etc. are still Oculus due to distribution reasons. The name of the social account has changed at the same time as this (re) announcement.
This is the logo of Meta Reality Labs, a VR / AR R & D division including former Oculus.
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